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  1. Too weak to withstand the strain: another piece in the CRT puzzle

    Article • European Heart Journal, January 2017, European Society of Cardiology

    Dr Ole A. Breithardt

  2. Results of catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation in hypertrophied hearts – Comparison between primary and secondary hypertrophy

    Article • Journal of Cardiology, June 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Ole A. Breithardt

  3. Hand-held ultrasound-the real stethoscope

    Article • European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging, January 2015, European Society of Cardiology

    Dr Ole A. Breithardt

  4. Irrigated Tip Catheters for Radiofrequency Ablation in Ventricular Tachycardia

    Article • BioMed Research International, January 2015, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Dr Ole A. Breithardt

  5. Precordial QRS amplitude ratio predicts long-term outcome after catheter ablation of electrical storm due to ventricular tachycardias in patients with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy

    Article • Journal of Electrocardiology, January 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Ole A. Breithardt

  6. Sensor-Based Electromagnetic Navigation to Facilitate Implantation of Left Ventricular Leads in Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

    Article • Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, October 2014, Wiley

    Dr Ole A. Breithardt

  7. Correspondence on “Possible spontaneous PFO closure after thrombus trapped in PFO”, Antonia Schulz et al., Clin Res Cardiol 2014; 103:333-335

    Article • Clinical Research in Cardiology, July 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Ole A. Breithardt

  8. Relation of Functional Echocardiographic Parameters to Infarct Scar Transmurality by Magnetic Resonance Imaging

    Article • Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, July 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Ole A. Breithardt

  9. Adenosine sensitivity of retrograde fast pathway conduction in patients with slow-fast atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia: A prospective study

    Article • Heart Rhythm, May 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Ole A. Breithardt, Dr Sam Riahi

  10. Comparison of Dabigatran and Uninterrupted Warfarin in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Undergoing Cardiac Rhythm Device Implantations

    Article • Circulation Journal, January 2014, Japanese Circulation Society

    Dr Ole A. Breithardt, Dr Sotirios Nedios

  11. Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction and thromboembolic risk in atrial fibrillation

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, September 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Ole A. Breithardt

  12. Invasive Hemodynamic Characteristics of Low Gradient Severe Aortic Stenosis Despite Preserved Ejection Fraction

    Article • Journal of the American College of Cardiology, April 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Ole A. Breithardt

  13. Additional diagnostic and prognostic value of copeptin ultra-sensitive for diagnosis of non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction in older patients presenting to the emergency department1)

    Article • Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM), January 2013, De Gruyter

    Dr Ole A. Breithardt

  14. Nicht invasive KHK-Diagnostik bei Niereninsuffizienz

    Article • Kardiologie up2date, December 2012, Thieme Publishing Group

    Dr Ole A. Breithardt

  15. Evaluación del paciente que no responde al tratamiento de resincronización cardiaca: un enfoque escalonado completo

    Article • Revista Española de Cardiología, June 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Ole A. Breithardt, Professor Valentina Kutyifa

  16. How to Assess the Nonresponder to Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy–A Comprehensive Stepwise Approach

    Article • Revista Española de Cardiología (English Edition), June 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Ole A. Breithardt, Professor Valentina Kutyifa

  17. A Randomized, Multicenter, Single-Blinded Trial Comparing Paclitaxel-Coated Balloon Angioplasty With Plain Balloon Angioplasty in Drug-Eluting Stent Restenosis

    Article • Journal of the American College of Cardiology, April 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Ole A. Breithardt

  18. Predictors of treatment in acute coronary syndromes in the elderly

    Article • Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, March 2012, Wiley

    Dr Ole A. Breithardt

  19. Left Bundle Branch Block, an Old–New Entity

    Article • Journal of Cardiovascular Translational Research, January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Ole A. Breithardt

  20. Echocardiography in aortic diseases: EAE recommendations for clinical practice

    Article • European Journal of Echocardiography, August 2011, European Society of Cardiology

    Dr Ole A. Breithardt

  21. Cardio-respiratory exercise testing early after the use of the Angio-Seal system for arterial puncture site closure after coronary angioplasty

    Article • EuroIntervention, June 2011, Europa Digital & Publishing

    Dr Ole A. Breithardt

  22. Nicht invasive Bildgebung vor kardialer Resynchronisationstherapie

    Article • Kardiologie up2date, September 2010, Thieme Publishing Group

    Dr Ole A. Breithardt

  23. GENDER DIFFERENCES IN CARDIAC PAIN PERCEPTION DURING MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA

    Article • Journal of the American College of Cardiology, March 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Ole A. Breithardt

  24. A new angiographic method to assess coronary flow reserve-Validation in humans

    Article • Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, February 2010, Wiley

    Dr Ole A. Breithardt

  25. Faculty Opinions recommendation of Cardiac-resynchronization therapy for the prevention of heart-failure events.

    Article • September 2009, F1000Research

    Dr Ole A. Breithardt

  26. Successful cardiac resynchronization with single-site left ventricular pacing in children

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, August 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Ole A. Breithardt

  27. Echocardiographic Patient Selection for Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

    Article • JACC Cardiovascular Imaging, May 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Ole A. Breithardt

  28. Long-Term Effects of Dynamic Atrial Overdrive Pacing on Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders in Pacemaker or Cardioverter Defibrillator Recipients

    Article • Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology, March 2009, Wiley

    Dr Ole A. Breithardt

  29. Evidence of Early Right Ventricular and Septal Mechanical Activation

    Article • The American Journal of Cardiology, January 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Ole A. Breithardt

  30. Faculty Opinions recommendation of Toward understanding response to cardiac resynchronization therapy: left ventricular dyssynchrony is only one of multiple mechanisms.

    Article • November 2008, F1000Research

    Dr Ole A. Breithardt

  31. Faculty Opinions recommendation of Baseline Doppler parameters are useful predictors of chronic left ventricular reduction in size by cardiac resynchronization therapy.

    Article • April 2008, F1000Research

    Dr Ole A. Breithardt

  32. Stellenwert des Gewebe-Dopplers in der Ischämiediagnostik

    Article • Herz, March 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Ole A. Breithardt

  33. Faculty Opinions recommendation of Cardiac-resynchronization therapy in heart failure with narrow QRS complexes.

    Article • November 2007, F1000Research

    Dr Ole A. Breithardt

  34. Effect on Obstruction on Longitudinal Left Ventricular Shortening in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

    Article • Journal of the American College of Cardiology, September 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Ole A. Breithardt

  35. Correspondence on “Double Atrial Septum With Persistent Interatrial Space”

    Article • Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, June 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Ole A. Breithardt

  36. Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

    Article • Journal of the American College of Cardiology, May 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Ole A. Breithardt

  37. Validation of the Peak to Mean Pressure Decrease Ratio as a New Method of Assessing Aortic Stenosis Using the Gorlin Formula and the Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance-Based Hybrid Method

    Article • Echocardiography, April 2007, Wiley

    Dr Ole A. Breithardt

  38. Stellenwert des Gewebe-Dopplers in der Frühdiagnostik von Kardiomyopathien

    Article • Herz, March 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Ole A. Breithardt

  39. Brain natriuretic peptide: does it play a role in post-cardiac surgery patients?

    Article • Future Cardiology, March 2007, Future Medicine

    Dr Ole A. Breithardt

  40. Doppler echocardiography and Tissue Doppler Imaging in the healthy rabbit: Differences of cardiac function during awake and anaesthetised examination

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, February 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Ole A. Breithardt

  41. A new method to investigate the response to the morphology discrimination algorithm in patients with ICD

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, January 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Ole A. Breithardt

  42. Effects of ischemia on myocardial function during rapid left ventricular pacing

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, July 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Ole A. Breithardt

  43. Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

    Article • Journal of the American College of Cardiology, December 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Ole A. Breithardt

  44. Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

    Article • Journal of the American College of Cardiology, December 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Ole A. Breithardt

  45. Effect of cardiac resynchronization therapy on sleep quality, quality of life, and symptomatic depression in patients with chronic heart failure and Cheyne-Stokes respiration

    Article • Sleep And Breathing, November 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Ole A. Breithardt

  46. Long-term effects of cardiac resynchronization therapy on brain natriuretic peptide release and left ventricular function in patients with heart failure

    Article • Heart Rhythm, May 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Ole A. Breithardt

  47. Cardiac resynchronization therapy improves pulmonary function in patients with chronic heart failure and conduction disturbance

    Article • Heart Rhythm, May 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Ole A. Breithardt

  48. Comparison of left ventricular lead placement via the coronary venous approach versus lateral thoracotomy in patients receiving cardiac resynchronization therapy

    Article • The American Journal of Cardiology, July 2004, Elsevier

    Dr Ole A. Breithardt

  49. Cardiac resynchronization therapy improves central sleep apnea and Cheyne-Stokes respiration in patients with chronic heart failure

    Article • Journal of the American College of Cardiology, July 2004, Elsevier

    Dr Ole A. Breithardt

  50. Echocardiographic evaluation of cardiac resynchronization therapy: ready for routine clinical use?

    Article • Journal of the American College of Cardiology, July 2004, Elsevier

    Dr Ole A. Breithardt

  51. Current status of cardiac resynchronization therapy

    Article • Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology, February 2004, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Ole A. Breithardt

  52. Kardiale Resynchronisationstherapie?aktueller Stand und zuk�nftige Perspektiven

    Article • Herz, December 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Ole A. Breithardt

  53. Einsatz der Echokardiographie in der kardialen Resynchronisationstherapie: Identifizierung geeigneter Patienten, Nachsorge und Therapieoptimierung

    Article • Herz, December 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Ole A. Breithardt

  54. One-dimensional ultrasonic strain and strain rate imaging: a new approach to the quantitation of regional myocardial function in patients with aortic stenosis

    Article • Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology, August 2003, Elsevier

    Dr Ole A. Breithardt

  55. Cardiac resynchronization therapy can reverse abnormal myocardial strain distribution in patients with heart failure and left bundle branch block

    Article • Journal of the American College of Cardiology, August 2003, Elsevier

    Dr Ole A. Breithardt

  56. Correlation of brain natriuretic peptide release, cardiopulmonary exercise testing, and six-minute walking test in patients with heart failure and cardiac resynchronization therapy

    Article • Journal of the American College of Cardiology, March 2003, Elsevier

    Dr Ole A. Breithardt

  57. Usefulness of brain natriuretic peptide release as a surrogate marker of the efficacy of long-term cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with heart failure

    Article • The American Journal of Cardiology, March 2003, Elsevier

    Dr Ole A. Breithardt

  58. Acute effects of cardiac resynchronization therapy on functional mitral regurgitation in advanced systolic heart failure

    Article • Journal of the American College of Cardiology, March 2003, Elsevier

    Dr Ole A. Breithardt

  59. Why Ischemic Hearts Respond Less to Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy. A Modeling Study

    Article • January 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Ole A. Breithardt

  60. Echocardiographic quantification of left ventricular asynchrony predicts an acute hemodynamic benefit of cardiac resynchronization therapy

    Article • Journal of the American College of Cardiology, August 2002, Elsevier

    Dr Ole A. Breithardt

  61. Short-term effects of cardiac resynchronization on brain natriuretic peptide release in patients with systolic heart failure and ventricular conduction disturbance

    Article • Journal of the American College of Cardiology, March 2002, Elsevier

    Dr Ole A. Breithardt

  62. Acute effects of cardiac resynchronization therapy on left ventricular Doppler indices in patients with congestive heart failure

    Article • American Heart Journal, January 2002, Elsevier

    Dr Ole A. Breithardt

  63. Impact of cardiac resynchronization therapy using hemodynamically optimized pacing on left ventricular remodeling in patients with congestive heart failure and ventricular conduction disturbances11The PAcing THerapies in Congestive Heart Failure (PATH-...

    Article • Journal of the American College of Cardiology, December 2001, Elsevier

    Dr Ole A. Breithardt

  64. Echocardiographic evidence of hemodynamic and clinical improvement in patients paced for heart failure

    Article • The American Journal of Cardiology, November 2000, Elsevier

    Dr Ole A. Breithardt

  65. Potential benefit of biventricular pacing in patients with congestive heart failure and ventricular tachyarrhythmia

    Article • The American Journal of Cardiology, March 1999, Elsevier

    Dr Ole A. Breithardt

  66. NON-INVASIVE CARDIAC-OUTPUT DETERMINATION BY TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY UNDERESTIMATES CONTINUOUS CARDIAC-OUTPUT BY THERMODILUTION

    Article • Critical Care Medicine, January 1999, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Ole A. Breithardt

  67. Resynchronization Therapy

    Article • Wiley

    Dr Ole A. Breithardt

  68. Assessment of Electrical and Mechanical Dyssynchrony: Conventional Echocardiography

    Article • Wiley

    Dr Ole A. Breithardt